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the role of hydraulic circulatory duplicators in the study of surgical operations for complex congenital cardiac diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2005

silvia kull ,
francesca gervaso ,
giorgio soldani ,
remo bedini  and
vincenzo stefano luisi
silvia kull
Affiliation:
laboratory for biomaterials and graft technology, institute of clinical physiology, national research council, massa, italy lad laboratory, institute of clinical physiology, national research council, pisa, italy
francesca gervaso
Affiliation:
bioengineering and structural engineering departments and laboratory of biological structure mechanics, politecnico di milano, milan, italy
giorgio soldani
Affiliation:
laboratory for biomaterials and graft technology, institute of clinical physiology, national research council, massa, italy
remo bedini
Affiliation:
lad laboratory, institute of clinical physiology, national research council, pisa, italy
vincenzo stefano luisi
Affiliation:
paediatric cardiac surgery, institute of clinical physiology, national research council, massa, italy
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Abstract

a hydraulic circulatory duplicator is a hydraulic circuit, closed or open that physically reproduces one human district, along with the effects of any connected apparatus, on local fluid dynamics. such hydraulic circulatory duplicators are usually made up of rigid or deformable pipes, pressure loss generators, such as valves or sponge elements, compliant elements such as a pneumatic room, elastic elements, pumping elements, which may be centrifugal, axial, or roller, and tanks. all the elements are connected by joints. the systems are completed by transducers of pressure or flow, and systems for visualising flow or measuring other parameters of interest.

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original article
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue S3 , October 2004 , pp. 4 - 10
Copyright
2004 cambridge university press

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